Quotes About Inspiration

The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men - men of prayer.

Every time before I go into the studio, I say a prayer, and I really ask God for inspiration.

'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Wanted Dead or Alive' - those are iconic songs.

To me, writing is prayer. I pray all the time.

My life is one big prayer because my life is one big blessing.

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin - and it took a lot of praying to discover this - that this was probably what God had called me to do: to marry him.

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I was praying one day and God literally gave me a song called 'Healing Hand of God.'

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things.

I don't preach body positivity - I'm just okay with the body I'm in and say, 'I love me, so you should love you.'

We've never tried to educate children. We've never tried to preach to them, just entertain.

I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.

We're trying to elevate humanity and not preach to humanity in the way we approach our art. We're always just trying to get a good party going.

I will preach with my brush.

To preach is very boring, and nobody wants free advice. But if it's entertainment, then this changes. If you explain something to a kid through an interesting story, he'll be hooked.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it through the new record.